Graphic Novels: Literature without Text? Jan Baetens Literary graphic novels: adaptation‚ illustration‚ collaboration‚ and beyond More and more‚ the hype surrounding the graphic novel concerns its literary qualities. Many graphic novels appear to have a literary subtext (in the case of adaptations) or present themselves‚ in a more radical form‚ as the visual development of a literary text that is completely reproduced within the graphic novel. In the former case‚ the literary graphic novel
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Our company‚ SM‚ as many of you may already know‚ came from the hard work of my dad‚ Henry Sy‚ Sr. It is a rags to riches story that even myself did not realize until I went to trace his roots in China. His journey from the thatched hut I saw there to the shopping centers he has today is something that amazes even myself. His determination‚ his discipline and his thriftiness have produced an astute and street smart businessman who has influenced a lot of people. Including us‚ his children. My
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successful businessman. From the motivational blog of Lloyd Luna‚ Henry Sy started as young as 12 years old in helping his father in their sari-sari store business day and night for more than 12 hours. Through that small business‚ he was able to earn an income for his daily needs. However‚ their sari-sari store was burned during the World War 2‚ for this reason‚ his family had difficulty to survive in their day-to-day needs. Henry Sy managed to use this catastrophic situation in order to rise up
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Biography Early life Henry Sy was born to a poor family in Xiamen‚ China on December 25‚1924. He is the son of Henry H. Sy. He immigrated to the Philippines and got his start by selling rejected and overrun shoes from Tondo.[2] He completed his secondary education in a school now known as Chiang Kai Shek College [3] and earned his Associate of Arts degree in Commercial Studies at Far Eastern University in 1950.[4] Foray into business In 1958‚ Sy established a small shoe store in Quiapo‚ Manila
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The "Information Superhighway"‚ or Internet‚ is a powerful medium for today ’s information driven society. From it ’s humble beginnings as a series of networks established to help the military and government share resources‚ it has become a place for people to engage in commerce and also for people to interact socially in both business and personal faculties. Along with the excellent opportunities for meaningful communication in this new atmosphere‚ the Internet has evolved as an open‚ democratic
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Sleep is precious to us. When we sleep‚ we escape reality for awhile and rest our minds and our bodies. Sleep is a necessity for all people and we falter without it. This particular soliloquy written by Shakespeare from Henry IV‚ Part II‚ King Henry is unable to sleep. His state of mind throughout the time during his inability to sleep is for the most part‚ frustration but also some jealousy‚ because others can sleep and he cannot. The Soliloquy starts off with “How many thousand of my poorest
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The Similarities of Jacob and Joseph The Book of Genesis shares many realistic and sacred obstacles experienced by Jacob and Joseph. Jacob spends his early life fleeing from his family. Jacob’s son Joseph is forced to begin a new life in his early years because he is traded by his brothers. After they begin their new lives and have their goals in mind‚ they are betrayed and forced to find a different approach. These behaviors are looked at from modern readers as being both humanistic and non
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The Drovers wife and loaded dog Visuals are distinctive‚ not because it only appeals to a specific audience but because they convey a universal concept and this is clearly shown in Henry Lawson’s “Drover’s Wife” and “The Loaded Dog”. These two short stories convey the universal principle of persistence‚ hardship‚ and mateship through survival in an unforgiving and harsh environment. The Drover’s wife clearly portrays the unique landscape of the outback through the hardships the drover’s wife’s
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Back in the 1700’s there was a whole lot of important stuff going on‚ a bunch of colonies were becoming states‚ France was chopping people’s heads off1‚ and Isaac Newton just figured out about gravity and was dropping that on the science world2. Ben Franklin was busy being brilliant making glasses and playing with lightening3. Charles Darwin was evolving some big ideas as he was floating around the Galapagos Islands4. So‚ if you missed this story I will have to forgive you‚ but it’s too bad because
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Henry Ford 1863-1947 American industrialist and essayist. One of the most esteemed figures in American industry‚ Henry Ford is credited with devising and implementing the continuous assembly line‚ thus making possible the era of mass-production‚ mass-marketing‚ and the modern‚ consumer society. Ford’s efforts are additionally thought to have shaped American culture in the early twentieth century‚ tremendously speeding the process of urbanization by making the automobile available to the middle
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